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Bologna Conference on Student Mobility
Bologna and the internationalization of higher education:
risks and opportunitiesfor the Louvain School of Engineering
Marc Lobelle
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Contents
Traditional student mobility in the Louvain School of Engineering
« Bologna » induced changes in student mobility practices
Un projet en cours: Dual masters
Le problème des langues: nouvelles initiatives
D'autres pistes possibles
Discussion
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Traditional student mobility in Louvain School of Engineering
ERASMUS/SOCRATES mobility
1 year in 4th
1 term in 5th (courses or final work)
TIME Double Degrees
6 year study program, including 2 years in another TIME institution
2 different engineering degrees from 2 universities (or French Grandes Ecoles).
Most attractive destinations for our students:
Ecole Centrale Paris: 2+2+2 Supaéro: 4+2
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Traditional student mobility in Louvain School of engineering(2)
2007-2008
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Traditional student mobility in EPL (3) Going to (2007-2008)
OUT 2007-2008MAP MATR MECA ARCH ELEC GC INCH ELME INFO
Allemagne 1 KIT 1
Pays Bas 6TUDelft 2 1 1TUE 1 1
Espagne 10
UPM 1La Coruna 1 2UPV 1 1 1UPC 1 1 1
Italie 2U.Pisa 1PoliTo 1
France 7
ECP 1Supaéro 2ENSICA 1 1IFP 1 1
Finlande 1 TKK 1Hongrie 3 BME Budapest 1 1 1Tchéquie 4 CTU Prague 1 1 1 1Danemark 2 DTU 1 1Suisse 4 EPFL 1 2 1
Irlande 2TCD 1U. Limerick 1
Irlande N 1 Belfast 1
Suède 6KTH 1 2Linköpings U 1Lunds U 1 1
Norvège 4 NTU 3 1
Canada 14
Laval 2U.Montreal 1 1 2U. Moncton 1U. Sherbrooke 1 3SFU Vancouver 1 1
USA 9U. Clemson 1U. Illinois UC 1 3U. Texas 1OklahomaSU 1 1 1
Venezuela 1 S. Bolivar 1Pérou 1 PUC 1Mexique 1 IPN Mexico 1
Chili 7PUC 1 2U. Chile 1 1UTFSM Valparaiso 1 1
Argentine 2 ITBA 1 1Vietnam 1 IFI 1Belgique 5 KULeuven 2 2 1Totaux 93 0 15 4 19 11 9 11 2 18 3
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Traditional student mobility in Louvain School of Engineering (4) Coming from (2008-2008)
IN 2007-2008MAP MATR MECA ARCH ELEC GC INCH GNUC INFO
Allemagne4
TUD 2KIT 1RWTH 1
Espagne
12
UPM 1 2UPC 2La Coruna 2 2UPV 2Cantabria 1
Italie4
PoliTo 1PoliMi 2La Sapienza 1
France 1 ENSSAT 1U.RennesENSICA
Finlande 1 TKK 1Roumanie 1 U.Bucarest 1Turquie 2 U.Istanbul 2Russie 2 TPU 1 1
Canada 3Laval 2U.Montreal 1
Venezuela 2 S. Bolivar 2Pérou 1 PUC 1Vietnam 2 IFI 2Belgique KULeuvenTotaux 35 9 2 2 10 4 2 2 1 3
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Changes induced by the « Bologna » scheme
The Bologna scheme:
no more 5 year integrated stydy program in engineering
bachelor (3 years)
master (2 years)
Traditional mobility : horizontal mobility
The student goes and comes back
New possible mobility: vertical mobility
The student goes away for his master and does not come back
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Changes induced by the « Bologna » scheme (2)
Principle of vertical mobility:
good students do their master degree in the best institutions for the (sub) orientation they have selectedl
Opportunity and risk:
Opportunity: attract good students from other institutions after the bachelor degree targets: best students in « weaker » universities students interested in our fields of excellence (even in « strong » universities)
Risk: our good students might leave us after getting their bachelor degree when our fileds of excellence do not match what they are looking for or if they find even better somewhere else target: our own best students
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Changes induced by the « Bologna » scheme (3)
The challenge:
exploit opportunities and reduce risks
develop our attractivity
Two ways to improve our attractiveness
Dual masters
Accessibility for non French speaking people
(without frightening the French speaking people)
+, of course, communicate
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Dual masters
Principle of the « dualdual master »:
two (good) institutions set up a
common program
Strenghten the strong points (broader choice of advanced courses)
Provide more subdomains of excellence
Give an international dimension to the program (or inter-regional)
Typically one year in each institution
Students get 2 degrees from the two institutions
The degrees are clearly linked: single pre-established program
• Differences with TIME “doubledouble degree” Same field of study in both institutions vs different fields (complementary)
(computing/computing) vs (computing/aeronautics) Integrated program vs concatenated programs No lengthening of studies vs 1 more year
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Dual masters (2)
Practical issues
One year here and one year at the partner (usually in any order)
Registration and fees in the home university
Open for students coming from third institutions (they register wher they spend the 1st year)
Like in ERASMUS/SOCRATES, exchanges must be balanced
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Dual masters (3)
Differences with traditional ERASMUS scheme
(e.g. one year exchange in 4th study year)
Fulfill the requirements of the 2 instrtutions and not only of the home institution
structured program,
cset-up jointly by the partner institutions
TWO DEGREES (but clearly linked to each other)
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Dual masters (4)
With whom ?
Other CLUSTER institutions
KULeuven Clemson, ..., Developping countries ?
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Dual masters (5)
Programs starting in 2008
Cluster:
Barcelona (UPC): Computing, Telecom Lisbon (IST): Telecom Stockholm (KTH): Nuclear
KULeuven: probably most engineering fields (computing was first ready)
Clemson: mecanical engineering Projets 2009: KTH, TKK, INPG, IST, ...
What language ?
KULeuven: each institution in her own language
CLUSTER, Clemson, ...: English
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Dual masters (6)
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Dual masters (7)
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The teaching language issue
What language for the masters ?
French ? (traditional situation)
Our attractivity is decreasing (less ERASMUS IN)
English is the universal second language The status of the French language is decreasing from ''the diplomatic language”
to a “local language” such as Dutcg or Letton The higher education offering in English is increasing. (Northern countries, the
Nethernands, Prague, Barcelonee,... This attracts studentsn even in out universities.
English ?
Like everybody else, no choice after all ? Risk of loosing one's own student (perhaps not the best, but...)who could leave us for
another Belgian higer education studies.
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The language issue (2)
New initiatives related to teaching in English
Physics, computing (since September 2007)
Fall term in anglais Spring term in French
(final work: free choice)
Others have specific tracks in english (e.g. courses included in ERASMUS MUNDUS programs)
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Discussion